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Summary

The multiple ways in which we now see public intrusion into private lives (security cameras, electronic access to personal data, "wanding" at the airport), as well as private self-exposure in public forums (cell phones, web cams, "reality" TV), demand understanding. Reverse examples exist as well. Around the world, public authorities look the other way while individual rights are abused -- calling it a private matter -- or officials appeal to sectarian mores to justify discrimination in public policies. That matters so private could be treated as legitimate -- in some cases vital -- for public discourse indicates how intertwined the realms of private and public have become in our era. The authors of The Private, the Public, and the Published argue that there are consequences of conflating public and private -- consequences that have implications especially for what is known as the public good. The essays collected here unfold the changing distinctions between "private" and "public," explore the various practices of private and public expression, and argue that they must be addressed in the college writing, rhetoric, and communication classroom. Scholars must work to create the conditions in public -- in classrooms and meeting rooms, in Congress and international forums -- that respect and defend the ethical treatment of private lives. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

vii

Preface

ix

Thomas Kent

Reconciling Private Lives and Public Rhetoric: What's at Stake?

1

(16)

Barbara Couture

PART ONE: PUBLIC EXPRESSION MEETS PRIVATE EXPERIENCE

Ain't Nobody's Business? A Public Personal History of Privacy after Baird v. Eisenstadt

17

(14)

Nancy Welch

Virtuosos and Ensembles: Rhetorical Lessons from Jazz

31

(16)

Gregory Clark

Keeping the World Safe for Class Struggle: Revolutionary Memory in a Post-Marxist Time